Amending Various Sections of Chapter 4 Licenses

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(ff) Application; contents. (1) An application for a certificate shall be filed with the Board of Public Works upon forms provided by the Controller and be verified under oath. information: (2) The application shall furnish the following (a) the name and address of the applicant; (b) the financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgments; (c) the experience of the applicant in the transporta- tion of passengers; (d) facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a certificate; (e) the number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant; (f) the color scheme and insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant; and (g) such further information as the Board of Public Works may require. (gg) Public hearing;notice. (1) Upon the filing of an application,th- Board of Public Works shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. Notice of hearing shall be given to the applicant and to all persons to whom certificates of public convenience and necessity have been theretofore issued. Due notice shall also be given the gneral public by publication of'such notice one (1) time in a local newspaper of general circulation. Any interested person may file with the Board of Public Works a memorandum in support of or in opposition to the issuance of a certificate. (2) The Board of Public works shall instruct the City Controller to issue to any present holder of a taxicab license under this section, a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of the same number of taxicabs presently licensed to such holder, upon the filing of an application as required by sub- section (ff) and complying with sub - section (ii). No notice and no public hearing shall be necessary as required by this section. (hh) Issuance; denial. (1) If the Board of Public Works finds that additional taxicab service inthe City is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform suchpublic transportation and to conform to the provisions of this section and the rules promulgated by the Board, then the Board shall authorize the City Controller to issue a certificate stating: (a) the name and address of the applicant; (b) the number of vehicles authorized under such certificate; and (c) the date of issuance. (2) If a certificate is not issued, the application shall be denied. (ii) Liability insurance required; contents. (1) No certificate of public convenience and necessity may be issued or continued in operation to a holder unless there is -53 -